Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-29

overthrow of a few cnimneys and small
outbuildings. The heavy rain at this
hour was attended by an interest
ing phenomenon in the northern
part of the city. Balls of fire
seemed to be falling at an angle of 45e.
They struck the ground and bursting
into myriads of fiery fakes rebounded
several hundred feet toward the east and
died away. The exhibition continued
for several minutes.
AT PRESCOTT, KAN.
FORT SCOTT, KAN, April 23.-A special
from Ctescott, this county, reports q
terrible cyclone on Thursday evening.
There were seventeen people killed at
diff rent points throughout the county
and an incalculable amount of damage
was done to all kinds of property. Pres
colt was literally wiped out of existence,
not single building being left standing.
Hail fell all over the county, some stones
measuring thirteen Incles IN cTcum-
ference
LIST OF CASUALTIES.
ST. LOUIS, Mo, april 23.-Dispatches
from Prescott, Kan, give the following
list of casualties from the cyclone. The
killed are fifteen, namely:
CONSTABLE JAKE STEPH Ms,
WILL MACHOLE,
Mrs SARAH CRONES
P FLYNN and three children,
JACOB BROACH ard wife,
MRS. RICHARD HAWKINS,
MRS. DOUGLAS WALTER and infant,
An infant Of 7. 2. DEFINING,
Ode Of JOE DUNCAN and
A siX-year-Old child of WILL MAC
HOLE.
Those seriously injured are: Jim Wal
bridge, Ed Horn. George White, j. c..
Kinsey, William Campbell. On the farm
of Richard Hawkins, he with his wife,
four children aud Miss Minnieck of Oak.
wood, H., visiting the family, were in
the house. The building was taken up
bodily, carried 200 yards and dropped in
an orchard. All the occupants were hurt
very seriously and Mrs Hawkins killed.
1t is reported that several persons We're
killed IN Blue Mound.
Every farmhouse in the path of the
storm was demolished and every house
i'll Prescott was ruined Four miles from
Prescott, Mr.. Films fine residence was
mashed fiat and Mrs. Finn and three
small children were MORALLY injured
Two visitors were dangerously hurt.
Jacob Brock and wife and one son, and
William McKOld and wife and child were
fatally injured. A few miles from this
scene, Mrs. BOgart, Mrs. Odell and Mr.
Hogan, wife and two children had taken
refuge 10 a storm cellar when eight COWS
fell on them through the roof and all
were severely injured. William Brown
ing lurg's family found refuge in storm
cave, while $4,000 in money was scattered
over fields.
Ten miles northwest of Prescott Mrs
Sarah Crane was killed and her family
injured by the crushing of the house. In
8 distance of twenty-five miles only one
house is known TO have stood the storm.
H. c. Tripp of Kansas City was stand
ing in the doorway of Maniove
Bros grocery store n Prescott when
the building was destroyed. He was
killed. The few buildings left standing
in Prescott are stuck full of rafters. G.
r. UnderwoOd's residence, the Baptist
and Methodist churches, w. H Billings
Iy's harness store, Perkins meat market
and the Prescott house are among other
buildings destroyed.
Nearly every house at Miami Junction,
five miles north of Prescott,
WIS DiOWu OOWu dnu several persons
were Injured.
Seventeen persons are known to have
beeu killed in Linn county. About fifty
were seriously wounded in BOURBON
county. D. J. Fields farm was swept
clean of buildings and live stock. The
Mills family was nearly exterminated.
Two children and the father and mother
were killed. A niece and one child were
found barely alive, but will recover. The
stone residence Of Samuel Gales was
RACED to the ground in Anderson county.
The cyclone badly damaged the town
of Colony.
At Blue Mound, tOWn of 900 inhabi-
! tGnts, twenty houses were wrecked anG
two persons were killed. Joseph Dun
cans house was hurled away in the midst
of q wedding, but the parties found re-
fuge in the Cellar and We're not injured.
IN MISSISSIPPI.
GREENvILLE, MISS April 23-This
section was visited by terrible thunder
storm followed 5y heavy hail that killed
live stock and injured many colored per
sons. In Bolivar county the town of
Hunting was nearly demolished. A new
| hotel, RObertson'S store and. dwelling,
Warwick's hotel, Remie's dwelling, Ben
sons residence and several negro cabins
We're destroyed, The debris was blown
several hundred Yards